After a string of missile tests by the isolated nation, the United States, Japan, and South Korea warned on Wednesday that a North Korean nuclear experience would need a “unprecedented robust response” and promised to bolster their ranks.
According to Sky News Arabia, these nations’ foreign ministers declared during discussions in Tokyo that they will use deterrent tactics in the area.
“We have agreed to enhance cooperation so that North Korea could stop its illegal activities and return to nuclear disarmament talks,” said South Korea Foreign Minister Chu Hyun Dong.
The three countries “agreed on the need for an unprecedented robust response if North Korea went away with its seventh nuclear experience,” he assured the journalists.
“After a succession of ballistic missile launch tests, Seoul and Washington frequently warned Pyongyang that it might be about to conduct an atomic bomb test for the first time since 2017.
Last month, one of these missiles flew over Japan, although North Korea claimed to have performed tactical nuclear tests.
North Korea advised caution, and US Secretary of State Windy Sherman stated, “This action is dangerous and greatly destabilising.” “to stop provoking people further.
Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, said last month that his country has developed a “irreversible” nuclear capability, ending talks on his prohibited arms projects.
Kim met three times with former US President Donald Trump, which led to a reduction in tension, but without reaching a permanent agreement, and this country did not show great interest in accepting the presentation of the current President Joe Biden to hold talks at the level of work teams.
According to Takio Mori, the deputy foreign minister of Japan, North Korea’s escalating nuclear and missile activities “pose a clear and dangerous challenge for the international community.
“We decided to strengthen deterrence in our region with a view to North Korea’s nuclear disarmament,” he continued.
The war in Ukraine, China, and Taiwan, according to the three officials, were among the topics they also discussed.
However, according to Mori and Zhou, the discussions did not touch on the long-standing tense bilateral relations between Japan and South Korea.
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